The story was of a journalist who encountered a young street urchin as he was walking through the city. The young boy was hungry and said so as he asked for help. The journalist was inclined to ignore...

According to a recent poll, 75 percent of Oklahomans are in favor of eliminating the state’s 4.5 percent grocery sales tax. That is more than those favoring cutting the state’s income tax. So as with ...

Ten Billion People are Coming I really like this poster. I love history. I am one of those weirdos who would rather watch a documentary about the Mongol conquest of Asia than waist time on the latest ...

A few months ago, one of the public speakers at an Okmulgee City Council meeting commented: Why do economic development projects have to be secret? They always seem to be discussed in executive sessio...

Daniel Nimrod and his wife Ariane Harder escaped an early morning house fire, but lost several pets and a car. Re-Run Junction held a grand opening. Re-Run Junction supported paid employment for peopl...

DEAR ABBY: I am 36, still single and depressed about it. I recently met someone who seemed perfect. He has his own place with laundry facilities, and his job is the kind where he doesn’t have a bunch ...

Two recent studies show Oklahomans are struggling with poverty levels above the national average. A report released this month by the U.S. Census Bureau validated another report released earlier this ...

September 22 is National White Chocolate Day! White chocolate is made from cocoa butter, sugar and milk solids. It contains no cacao solids or liquor therefore it is actually not chocolate at all, but...

A gracious Pastor Baldridge administered my father’s memorial service. Longtime friend, Chet Munds brought his smooth tenor voice to, “I Found The Lily in my Valley”. Weeks earlier while visiting the ...

H.O.P.E. Tulsa was at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer on the second and fourth Thursday of the month conducting free, confidential and, if desired, anonymous Hepatitis C, HIV and Syphilis testing...

The Preston High School and Henryetta High School cheer squads both advanced to State following their performances last Saturday at Chickasha. Finals will be held this weekend at Union High School.

DEARABBY: My fiancé and I went to his coworker “Tina’s” house on a Friday night to socialize and play trivia games. We had been at her place before, for a Christmas party. Tina wore a short skirt, and...

Fall is just around the corner and the days have slightly started cooling and soon will be cooling even more. People walking by the windows of our downtown office will go from shorts and tank tops to ...

I had a dream. And in this dream, I was shattered - broken like glass into tiny pieces and scattered across the ground. I had nothing left that could hold me together. I could feel the pain of every s...

It probably happens with most people who have lived life for a while. We have periods we label the rollercoaster season. With jet lag (and Africa) behind us, Ann and I contemplated more and more what ...

DEAR ABBY: I’m 26 and not currently in a relationship. I don’t have many friends. I’d like to have more, and I try. I wasn’t popular in middle and high school, either. I have been in and out of colleg...

Parents today have many educational options for their children beyond the neighborhood brick-and-mortar schools most of us attended. I’d like to share a personal story about how one full-time, online ...

I read an interesting article about how Oklahomans work far more hours and use less vacation than those in other states. Coincidentally, this was at the airport as my own vacation was ending. Oklahoma...

DEAR ABBY: I generally have an excellent relationship with my 14-year-old granddaughter. However, she thinks it’s funny to tell me outrageous lies with a straight face to see if she can get me to beli...

Now would be a good time to talk to the USDA Farm Service Agency This has not been a fun summer weather-wise. We all know that story ... heat domes, flash droughts, record temperatures and heat indexe...